Three game home stand starts with SMSU

South Dakota
State opened the season with five games in the first 10 days of the season, but
the pace slows of games slows down with two games in an eight day span,
starting Wednesday, when the Jackrabbits return home to host Southwest
Minnesota State at 7 p.m.

The Jacks
get the next seven days off before returning to action next Wednesday against
North Dakota in the second game of a doubleheader at 8:30 p.m.

The
Jackrabbits opened the home schedule with a 78-71 win over Tennessee State last
Tuesday, then hit the road for three games at the 2K Sports Classic benefitting
Wounded Warrior Project in the Hempstead, N.Y. subregional.

The Jacks
opened the event against the host Hofstra Pride, who broke a 63-all tie with a
three-pointer with three seconds left to secure a win over the Jacks, despite
25 points and a career-high 10 rebounds from Nate Wolters.

SDSUgot a bit of payback on Saturday against
Marshall, when Chad White hit a three-pointer with two seconds left to give the
Jackrabbits a 78-77 win over the Thundering Herd. Brayden Carlson scored a
career-high 23 points in the win, Wolters posted his second straight
double-double with 22 points and 10 assists, while White finished with 10
points.

The event
came to a close on Sunday, when the Jacks rolled to a 96-48 win over the
University of the District of Columbia. All 10 Jackrabbits scored at least one
point in the win, and seven of the 10 scored in double figures, led by Taévaunn Prince and his 13. Five Jackrabbits scored exactly 12 points, including Marcus Heemstra and Zach Horstman, who reached a career-high with that total. Tony Fiegen rounded out the seven with 10 points in the win.

RABBITS ON THE RADIO - Originated from the AM 570 WNAX studios in Yankton, S.D., SDSU
men's basketball games can be heard on a total of five stations throughout
South Dakota on the Jackrabbit Sports Network.

Pierre,
S.D., native Tyler Merriam returns for his second season as the voice of
Jackrabbit men's basketball, and also serves as the voice of Jackrabbit
football.

THE
JACKRABBIT EXTRA ON GoJacks.com
- Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra on GoJacks.com watch every Jackrabbit
home game and select road games streaming live on the internet. In addition,
subscribers can listen to every game, home and on the road, streaming live on
the internet.

To learn
more about the Jackrabbit Extra, or to subscribe, log onto GoJacks.com and
click on "SIGN UP NOW"

THE
JACKRABBIT INSIDER ON FOX -
Fans of South Dakota State Athletics can get a weekly behind-the-scenes look at
all 21 Jackrabbit varsity sports teams by tuning into "The Jackrabbit Insider."

Hosted by
Tyler Merriam, the show airs on Sundays on KTTWFOX 17 at 10:30 p.m., and can also be seen on
Fox Sports North at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays.

WOLTERS
CLIMBS THE 1,000-POINT CLUB LADDER
- Nate Wolters became the 42nd member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club in a win
over Sam Houston State on Nov. 22, and enters tonight's game with 1,739 career
points, good for fourth all-time at SDSU, just 77 points shy of passing
assistant coach Austin Hansen for third on the all-time list and 84 points shy
of passing Lee Colburn for second on the all-time list.

WOLTERS
SETS SDSU JUNIOR SCORING RECORD
- Already the SDSU sophomore scoring record holder, Nate Wolters added the
junior scoring record to his list of accomplishments in the Jacks 75-64 win
over IUPUIon Feb. 25, 2012. Wolters finished his junior
season with 721 points, breaking the previous record by 88 points.

WOLTERS
CHASES ALL-TIME SCORING RECORD
- Nate Wolters scored 907 points in his first two years as a Jackrabbit,
including the SDSU sophomore record with 604 points. His SDSU junior record of
721 points gave him 1,628 career points, leaving him 304 points shy of breaking
the SDSU of 1,931. His 111 points so far this season leaves him 193 points shy
of the record.

WOLTERS
NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK, AGAIN
- For the second week in a row, The Summit League named South Dakota State
point guard Nate Wolters its player of the week.

Wolters
collects his 10th career award, giving him the second-highest total on record,
after averaging 20.2 points, 7.0 assists and 6.2 rebounds per game during the
week. He recorded a pair of double-doubles at the 2K Sports Classic benefitting
Wounded Warrior Project.

Wolters
started the week with a 22-point, nine assist night in a home-opening win over
Tennessee State on Tuesday. He then opened the 2K Sports Classic with 25 points
and a career-high 10 rebounds against Hofstra on Friday. The following day
against Marshall, he scored 22 points and dished out 10 assists. Wolters also
averaged two steals per game during the week and compiled a 3.5 assist/turnover
ratio.

In addition
to earning the weekly honor from the league, Wolters earned player of the week
honors from CollegeSportsMadness.com.

MORE
THAN JUST A SCORER - In
addition to his scoring prowess, Nate Wolters continues his climb up the
all-time assists charts at SDSU. His 188 assists as a sophomore represents the
third best single-season total in SDSU history, and his 202 as a junior marks
the second-highest single-season total at SDSU. Adding to that, his 507 career
assists ranks second all-time at SDSU, 99 shy of breaking the all-time mark of
605 assists.

THE
JACKRABBITS IN THE MID-MAJOR TOP-25
- The Jackrabbits opened the season ranked No. 12 in the collegeinsider.com
Mid-Major Top-25 poll, held strong at No. 12 in the poll released on Nov. 12,
but fell two spots to No. 14 in the most recent poll released Nov. 14.

WOLTERS
ON MULTIPLE AWARDS WATCH LISTS - The only player in Division I men's basketball to average at
least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists per game in 2011-12 put senior
Nate Wolters on the national map, which led him earning place on multiple
preseason awards lists.

DYKSTRA
CLOSING IN ON 1,OOO-POINT MILESTONE
- Junior Jordan Dykstra scored 351 points as a freshman and 362 points as a
sophomore, which gave him 713 for his to start the season. His 56 points this
season gives him 769 for his career, 231 shy of becoming the 43rd member of the
SDSU 1,000-Point Club.

PERFECT
AT HOME
- SDSU capped its third-ever
perfect season at home with a 75-64 win over IUPUIon Feb. 25, 2012 for a perfect 14-0 mark at
Frost Arena. The win also made it 17 in a row for the Jacks at home. Add to
that the win in the home opener on Nov. 13, and the Jacks can claim victory in
18 straight games at home.

South Dakota
State went a perfect 18-0 at home in 1984-85, and 17-0 in the 2002-03.

NOT
JUST NATE - Nate
Wolters led the Jacks with 21.2 points per game last year and reached double
figures in all 34 games he played, but he got plenty of help. In addition to
Wolters' 34 games in double figures, the Jackrabbits combined for 84
double-figure performances in 35 games.

At least
four Jackrabbits scored 10 points in the same game 15 times last season, with
four players reaching double figures nine times, five players reaching double figures
five times and six players once.

DYKSTRA
SETS SDSU THREE-POINT RECORD
- Jordan Dykstra made his final two three-point attempts vs. Buffalo on Feb.
18, 2012, went 5-for-5 from beyond the arc against Western Illinois on Feb. 23,
2012, and made his first four three-point attempts vs. IUPUI in Feb. 25, 2012.
That marks 11 consecutive three-pointers over a span of three games and a new
SDSUrecord, breaking the old mark of nine in a
row.

NAGY
NOTCHES 300th CAREER WIN -
Already the most prolific coach in SDSU history, head coach Scott Nagy entered
the 2011-12 season with 289 wins, just 11 shy of reaching the 300-win
milestone, which he reached in the Jackrabbits 94-58 win over IPFW on Dec. 28,
2012. Nagy finished the 2011-12 season with a 316-198 career record and a .615
winning percentage.

JACKS
POST FIRST 20-WIN SEASON AT DIVISON I
- The South Dakota State Men's Basketball team beat UMKC 75-62 on Feb. 11, for
their 20th win of the season, and first at the Division I level. The program
now boasts 20 seasons with at least 20 wins, nine of which came during the
Scott Nagy era.

JACKS
TIE SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS -
Scott Nagy led the Jackrabbits to a school record 27-win season in 2003-04, the
program's final season in Division II, and equaled that mark in 2011-12 with a
27-8 record.

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT

SMSU
Mustangs (2-2, 0-0 Away) - Picked to finish second in the
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference preseason coaches poll, and with four first
place votes, the Mustangs come to Brookings with an even 2-2 record, including
a 2-1 mark at the Disney Tip-Off Classic in Anaheim, Calif. The Mustangs opened
the event with a 64-57 loss to Cal State, Dominguez Hills, but bounced back
with a 77-58 win over North Carolina Pembroke and a 69-58 win over Grand Canyon
in the finale.

The Mustangs opened their home schedule last Thursday
with a 75-67 loss to Michigan Tech in Marshall, Minn.

The
Series vs. Southwest Minnesota State - The Jackrabbits lead the
all-time series 15-1, with wins in the first 11 and the last four meetings.
SDSU won the last meeting 92-69 on Dec. 6, 2011. The lone SMSU win came on Feb.
7, 2005 by a 93-55 score.

The
Last Meeting: vs. SMSU; Dec. 6, 2011 - South Dakota State went on an
11-0 run to end the first half of the last meeting with Southwest Minnesota
State, and then turned it into a 22-2 run to start the second half, en route to
a convincing 92-69 win.

Playing in their first game at Frost Arena since the
home opener on Nov. 12, the Jackrabbits improved to 7-3 on the season. The
Mustangs, playing their sixth straight road game of the season, fall to 2-4.

Taévaunn Prince led the Jackrabbits with a career-high
16 points in the win, Nate Wolters added 14 points playing a season-low 28
minutes. Wolters also added five assists and a pair of steals. Tony Fiegen
scored 11 points, while Zach Monaghan added a career-high 10 points.

Jordan Miller led four Mustangs in double figures with
a game-high 18 points before fouling out of the game late in the second half.
Vinard Birth scored 15, Lavione West 13 and Matt Zager 10 points in the loss.

The Mustangs hung with the Jacks for much of the first
half, forcing nine ties and eight lead changes, but the Jackrabbits held SMSU
without a field goal from the 3:49 mark of the first half until the 16:33 mark
of the second half. SMSU scored four points in that span, compared to 24 for
the Jackrabbits.

NEXT
UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS - SDSU gets a full week off
before returning home to host North Dakota next Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., in the
second game of a doubleheader. The Jackrabbit women open the night against
Marquette at 6 p.m.

The Jacks then open Summit League play on Saturday,Dec.
1, when they welcome Summit League newcomer Omaha to Frost Arena in the
Mavericks' first-ever league basketball game at 6:30 p.m.